Faith Kipyegon

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon

Faith Kipyegon at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Full name	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 Bomet, Kenya
Residence	Iten, Kenya
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 meters: 3:56.41 NR 3000 meters: 8:23.25 5000 meters: 14:31.95
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Kenya Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m World Championships 2015 Beijing 1500 m World Relays 2014 Nassau 4x1500 m relay Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 1500 m World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona 1500 m World Youth Championships 2011 Lille 1500 m World Cross Country Championships 2011 Punta Umbria Junior Race 2013 Bydgoszcz Junior Race

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current Olympic champion in the 1500 m women's having won the Rio Olympics on 16 August 2016.^[1] She is also the Commonwealth champion having won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 4 minutes 08.94 seconds. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, and a gold medal the next year at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. ^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 1500 metres, But got 9th in the 3rd heat and failed to qualify for the finals. She won the women's junior race in the World Cross Country Championships in 2013. She competed in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Came in 5th place in the final with a time of 4:05.08.

Career

At 16, Faith Kipyegon ran in the 2010 World Cross Country Championships women's junior race and came in 5th place individually, but won the gold with her team. In 2011 she won the gold medal in the junior race both with her team and individually.

2011

She participated in the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria and won the gold medal in the junior race both with her team and individually. A few months afterward, she competed at the World Youth Championships in the women's 1500 m winning the gold medal ahead of three Ethiopian runners with a time of 4:09.48.

2012

In the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, she won the gold medal way ahead of the field with a time of 4:04.96; the Serbian Amela Terzić and Ethiopian Teferi Senbere took 2nd and 3rd. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 1500 m, in London, but failed to qualify for the finals.

2013

At the beginning of the 2013 season, Faith Kipyegon won the junior race individual at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz Poland. On May 10, at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, she established a new Kenyan Record in the women's 1500 m in a time of 3:56.98, facing the Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi. In August 2013, at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Faith Kipyegon came in fifth in the final of the women's 1500 m in a time of 4:05.08.

2014

In 2014, she won the gold medal in the 4 × 1500 m Relay at the first IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, along with Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri. The Kenya team, ahead of the United States and Australia, improved the World Record time to 16:33.58. She also won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

2015

On September 11, 2015, at Diamond League finale in Brussels, Kipyegon won the mile in 4:16.71, beating Sifan Hassan in the final stretch who finished in 4:18.20.^[3]

Major competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Kenya
2010	World Cross Country Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Junior Race	19:02
2011	World Cross Country Championships	Punta Umbria, Spain	1st	Junior Race	18:53
	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	1st	1500 m	4:09.48
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	1500 m	4:04.96
	2012 Summer Olympics	London, England	semi-final	1500 m	4:08.78
2013	World Cross Country Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Junior Race	17:51
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	1500 m	4:05.08
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 1500 m	16:33.58 WR
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	1500 m	4:08.94
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	1500 m	4:08.96
2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	1500 m	4:08.92

Personal bests

References

External links

• Faith Kipyegon profile at IAAF